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/ɛəˈjɛstədeɪ/ · adverb
(obsolete except Ireland, Scotland) On the day before yesterday..
[…] Lord Ker [William Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian] lifted his men ere yesterday at Kelso, and if captain or soldier know anything, Leslie will be with them on Friday, but he thinks they know no certainty of the depth of their resolution, only Leslie and their Council of War; […]
Friday laſt (ere yeſterday) Cardinal Mazarine came to receive and confer vvith her upon all the demands, motions, and articles ſhe vvould propound; […]
VVherefore have ye not completed your ſet vvork (or, your task) in making of bricks, as formerly, [Heb[rew] as yeſterday, ere yeſterday] ſo alſo yeſterday and to day?
Your conduct is as unaccountable as it is inexcusable. If you were engaged elsewhere, why write me word ere yesterday, that you would be happy to become my son-in-law?
My flight was planned ere yesterday; and in concert with one who both can and will provide me with the means of safety. It is best I should go.
["]Ere yesterday," his choler rising at the mere recollection, "you picked every wan of the best Glory of John roses (Gloire de Dijon), and gave them to the lame girl at The Cross. Ye ought to be ashamed of yourself! See now!"
I did not know until this morning the flattering epithets bestowed upon me at some loyal festive gathering of "true blues" assembled ere-yesterday to celebrate the wedding on that day of the Marquis of Lorne [John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll] with the Princess Louisa [Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll] in this good city of Montreal.
And Iacob behelde Labans countenaunce, ⁊ beholde, it was not towarde him as yeſterdaye and yeryeſterdaye.
Use ereyesterday when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ereyesterday means (obsolete except Ireland, Scotland) On the day before yesterday..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include overmorrow.
[…] Lord Ker [William Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian] lifted his men ere yesterday at Kelso, and if captain or soldier know anything, Leslie will be with them on Friday, but he thinks they know no certainty of the depth of their resolution, only Leslie and their Council of War; […]
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